A firm's HR, on the record
Onboarding, e-signatures, training and license files in one place, for law, consulting and design firms.
- Confidentiality agreements signed before day one
- AI checks NDAs and non-competes for each state you pick
- Bar registrations and licenses flagged when they lapse
Client work runs on agreements. So does hiring.
About 40,800 paralegal and legal assistant openings come up every year, most of them to replace people who leave.* When someone leaves for a competitor, the first question is what they signed, and nobody can find it.
*Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ready before the first client file
Three things to have in a new paralegal's file before they open a client matter, and how each one gets there.
- 1Signed before the first matterThe offer, the client confidentiality agreement, the conflict of interest policy and the acceptable use policy go out for signature.
- 2On fileThey send their paralegal certificate and notary commission; you upload each with its date.
- 3TrainedThey finish password security, phishing and your client file handling course, and sign each one.
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An associate and a contractor, side by side
An employee and a 1099 consultant in the same system: what each signed, what each finished, and when the contract ends.
Licenses, policies and contractors for the whole firm
Every license with its date, a first read of your remote work policy, and contractors with their end dates.
Every license, with its date
Bar, CPA, architect and notary licenses across the firm. When one expires, you see it next to the person's name.
A first read of your policies
Before your people sign, the AI compliance check reads each policy for your state.
Contractors on the same system
Contractors sit next to your staff, each with their signed agreement and contract end date.
A paralegal's first weeks, set up once
An example plan for a paralegal at a law firm. Save it once, and the next paralegal starts from it. Items marked (your course) are built from your own material.
FirstHR fits every kind of professional firm
Find your kind of firm below, and the rules it has to keep for every person you hire.
Employees, contractors, interns and partners
Everyone who touches client work runs on one setup. What changes is what they sign and what sits in their file.
What the rules ask of a professional firm
The situation, the rule it brings, and how FirstHR keeps the proof.
- Someone signs an NDA, contractors tooPut the whistleblower immunity notice in itAn agreement they sign
- You want a noncompeteIt's void in California, and in Minnesota since July 1, 2023AI check for your states
- You want a non-solicitMost are void in California, and other states set limitsAI check for your states
- Paralegals and assistants join a law firmThe lawyers who manage them must train and supervise themA course they sign
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Iskandar ChacraHead of Engineering, Ultraspeaking"FirstHR centralises every HR process, from hiring to firing, in a sleek and user-friendly interface. Especially noteworthy is its modern design."
Daniel RödlerCo-founder, Octomind"There are many HR tools out there but firstHR manages to combine lots of features into one package very well and all with an affordable price tag."
Johnberg ArslanCo-founder, AppManagerFirstHR in the press
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In a firm like yours, the work runs on trust. A new person can open client files on day one, and the confidentiality agreement gets signed whenever someone remembers. Then someone leaves for a competitor, and nobody can find what they signed. I want that agreement signed before they see a single file. In FirstHR every new hire signs it before day one. The signed copy stays in their file, with the date, even after they leave.
Free help for law, consulting and design firms
Job descriptions, NDA templates, a non-compete guide and a tools comparison, from our library. Free, and no sign-up needed.
Questions from law, consulting and design firms
Teams like yours
Nearby industries, and the company stages where firms like yours usually are.
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